Criminal Addicts or Addicted Criminals?: Theories of the Drug-Crime Relationship (3 hours)

Course overview

y participating in this internet based course the trainee will learn to: 1. understand the research relationship between drugs and crime. 2. understand the research relationship between drugs and crime when gender, age, and ethnic differences are considered. 3. understand the onset of drug use and crime. 4. understand the psychopharmacological model of the drug-crime relationship. 5. understand the economic motivation model of the drug-crime relationship. 6. understand the systemic model of the drug-crime relationship. 7. understand the common cause model of the drug-crime relationship. 8. understand the contingent causation model of the drug-crime relationship. 9. understand the common finding of the drug-crime relationship. 10. understand the policy implications based on what we know about the drug-crime relationship.